User manual MSI K8N NEO3

[. . . ] NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, DualNet, and nForce are registered trademarks or trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. If a problem arises with your system and no solution can be obtained from the user's manual, please contact your place of purchase or local distributor. Alternatively, please try the following help resources for further guidance. Visit the MSI website for FAQ, technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other information: http://www. [. . . ] If you'd like to use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with pin 1 & pin 13 (refer to the image at the right hand). There is also a foolproof design on pin 11, 12, 23 & 24 to avoid wrong installation. These two connectors connect to the ATX power supply and have to work together to ensure stable operation of the mainboard. NVIDIA chipset is very sensitive to ESD (Electrostatic Discharge), therefore this issue mostly happens while users intensively swap memory modules under S5 (power-off) states, and the power code is plugged while installing modules. Due to several pins are very sensitive to ESD, so this kind of memory-replacement actions might cause chipset system unable to boot. Unplug the AC power cable (shown in figure 1) or unplug the JW R1 & JPW 1 power connectors (shown in figure 2 & figure 3) before the 1st installation or during system upgrade procedure. Figure 1: Unplug the AC power cable Figure 2: Unplug the JWR1 power connector Figure 3: Unplug the JPW 1 power connector Mainboard photos shown in this section are for demonstration only. The appearance of your mainboard may vary depending on the model you purchase. The system will record this status and show a warning message on the screen. To clear the warning, you must enter the BIOS utility and clear the record. Each supports 1st generation serial ATA data rates of 150MB/s and is fully compliant with Serial ATA 1. Take out the dust cover and connect to the hard disk devices Please do not fold the Serial ATA cable into 90-degree angle. W hen connecting the wire to the connectors, always note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the +12V, the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND. If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset onboard, you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control. You can install Core Center utility that will automatically control the CPU fan speed according to the actual CPU temperature. You can connect up to four hard disk drives, CD-ROM and other IDE devices. the Ultra ATA133 interface boosts data transfer rates between the computer and the hard drive up to 133 megabytes (MB) per second. The new interface is one-third faster than earlier record-breaking Ultra ATA/ 100 technology and is backwards compatible with the existing Ultra ATA interface. IDE1 (Primary IDE Connector) The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1. You must configure second hard drive to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly. If you install two hard disks on cable, you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper. The mainboard provides two front panel connectors for electrical connection to the front panel switches and LEDs. [. . . ] Setting to [Startup] enables the CPU running at the fastest speed which is detected by system. Any changes made to this setting may cause a stability issue, so changing the DDR voltage for long-term purpose is NOT recommended. The settings shown in different color in Memory Voltage and NF4 Voltage help to verify if your setting is proper for your system. Changing CPU Voltage, Memory Voltage and NF4 Voltage may result in the instability of the system; therefore, it is NOT recommended to change the default setting for long-term usage. [. . . ]